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STATE  BOARD  OF  CONTROL. 

His  Exc.  Thomas  M .  Walleb,  New  London, 
President. 

Hon.  B.  H.  Hyde,  Stafford,  Vice  President. 

T.  S.  Gold,  West  Cornwall. 

Prof.  W.  0.  Atwater,  Middletown. 

Edwin  Hoyt,  New  Canaan. 
s  f  James  J.  "Webb,  Hamden. 
"5  \  W.  H.  Brewer,  New  Haven,  Sec.  &.  Treas. 
t§  I.S.  W.  Johnson,  New  Haven,  Director. 


CHEMISTS. 
E.  H.  Jenkins,  B.A.,  Ph.Dr. 

E.  H.  BOGARDUS. 

C.  A.  Hutchinson,  B.S. 
E.  H.  Farrington,  B.S. 
Milton  Whitney. 


In  charge  of  Buildings  and  Grounds. 
Charles  J.  Rice. 


The  Connecticut  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  was  established  in  ac- 
cordance with  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly,  approved  March  21,  1877,  "for 
the  purpose  of  promoting  Agriculture  by  scientific  investigation  and  experiment." 

The  Station  is  prepared  to  analyze  and  test  fertilizers,  cattle-foods,  seeds,  soils, 
water,  milk,  and  other  agricultural  materials  and  products,  to  identify  grasses, 
weeds,  and  useful  or  injurious  insects,  and  to  give  information  on  the  various  sub- 
jects of  Agricultural  Science,  to  the  Citizens  of  Connecticut. 

The  Station  makes  analyses  of  Fertilizers,  Seed-Tests.  &c,  for  the*Citizens  of 
Connecticut  without  charge,  provided:  1.  That  the  results  are  of  use  to  the  public 
and  are  free  to  publish.  2.  That  the  samples  are  taken  by  consumers  from  stock 
now  in  the  market,  and  in  accordance  with  the  Station  instructions  for  sampling. 
3.  That  the  samples  are  fully  described  on  the  Station  "Forms  for  Description," 
or  otherwise  as  may  be  required. 

All  other  work  proper  to  the  Experiment  Station  that  can  be  used  for  the  pub- 
lic benefit  will  be  made  without  charge.  Work  done  for  the  use  of  individuals 
will  be  charged  for  at  moderate  rates.  The  Station  will  undertake  no  work,  the 
results  of  which  are  not  at  its  disposal  to  use  or  publish,  if  deemed  advisable. 

Results  that  are  of  general  interest  will  be  published  in  Bulletins  (of  which 
copies  are  sent  to  each  Post  Office  in  this  State,  addressed  to  the  Postmaster),  and 
will  be  summed  up  in  the  Annual  Reports  made  to  the  Legislature. 

Every  Connecticut  citizen  who  is  concerned  in  agriculture,  has  the  right  to 
apply  to  the  Station  for  any  assistance  that  comes  within  its  province  to  render, 
and  the  Station  will  respond  to  all  applications  as  far  as  lies  in  its  power. 

flgP^  Instructions  and  Forms  for  taking  samples,  and  Terms  for  testing  Fertil- 
izers, Seeds,  etc.,  for  private  parties,  sent  on  application. 

$W  Station  Grounds,  Laboratory  and  Office  are  on  Suburban  St.,  in  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  between  "Whitney  Avenue  and  Prospect  St.,  If  miles  North  of  City 
Hall.  Suburban  St.  may  be  reached  by  Whitney  Lake  Horse  Cars,  which  leave 
corner  of  Chapel  and  Church  Sts.  each  hour  and  half  hour.  Return  cars  may  be 
taken  by  leaving  the  Station  on  the  hour  or  half  hour. 

D^"  The  Station  and  Director's  house  (54  Trumbull  St.,  near  Whitney  Avenue^ 
have  Telephone  connection  and  may  be  spoken  from  the  Central  Telephone  Office 
346  State  St.,  or  from  Peck  &  Bishop's  Office  in  Union  R.  R.  Depot,  New  Haven, 
and  from  other  Telephone  Offices. 


Parcels  by  Express,  to  receive  attention,  should  be  prepaid,  and  all  com- 
munications should  be  directed,  not  to  individual  officers,  but  simply  to  the 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station, 

New  Haven,  Conn. 


BULLETIN    No.    73. 

April,   1883. 


AN   ACT   CONCERNING   COMMERCIAL  FERTILIZERS. 

General  Assembly, 

January  Session,  A.  D.  1882. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Assembly  convened: 

Section  1,  Every  person  or  company  who  shall  sell,  offer,  or 
expose  for  sale,  in  this  State,  any  commercial  fertilizer  or  manure 
the  retail  price  of  which  is  ten  dollars,  or  more  than  ten  dollars 
per  ton,  shall  affix  conspicuously  to  every  package  thereof  a 
plainly  printed  statement  clearly  and  truly  certifying  the  number 
of  net  pounds  of  fertilizer  in  the  package,  the  name,  brand,  or 
trade-mark  under  which  the  fertilizer  is  sold,  the  name  and  ad- 
dress of  the  manufacturer,  the  place  of  manufacture  and  the 
chemical  composition  of  the  fertilizer,  expressed  in  the  terms  and 
manner  approved  and  currently  employed  by  the  Connecticut 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station.* 

If  any  such  fertilizer  be  sold  in  bulk,  such  printed  statement 
shall  accompany  and  go  with  every  lot  and  parcel  sold,  offered, 
or  exposed  for  sale. 

*  A  statement  of  the  per  cents:  of  Mtrogen,  Phosphoric  Acid  (P205)  and  Potash 
(K20),  and  of  their  several  states  or  forms,  will  suffice  in  most  cases.  Other  in- 
gredients may  be  named  if  desired. 

In  all  cases  the  per  cent,  of  nitrogen  must  be  stated.  Ammonia  may  also  be 
given  when  actually  present  in  ammonia-salts,  and  "ammonia  equivalent  to  nitro- 
gen" may  likewise  be  stated. 

The  per  cent,  of  soluble  and  reverted  phosphoric  acid  may  be  given  separately 
or  together,  and  the  term  "available"  may  be  used  in  addition  to,  but  not  instead 
of  soluble  and  reverted. 

Insoluble  phosphoric  acid  may  be  stated  or  omitted. 

In  case  of  Bone,  Fish,  Tankage,  Dried  Meat,  Dried  Blood,  etc.,  the  chemical 
composition  may  take  account  of  the  two  ingredients:  Nitrogen,  Phosphoric  acid. 

For  Potash  Salts  give  always  the  per  cent,  of  Potash  (potassium  oxide) ;  that  of 
Sulphate  of  potash  or  Muriate  of  potash  may  also  be  stated. 

The  chemical  composition  of  other  fertilizers  may  be  given  as  found  in  the 
Station  Reports. 


Sec.  2.  Before  any  commercial  fertilizer,  the  retail  price  of 
which  is  ten  dollars,  or  more  than  ten  dollars  per  ton,  is  sold, 
offered,  or  exposed  for  sale,  the  manufacturer,  importer,  or  party 
who  causes  it  to  be  sold,  or  offered  for  sale,  within  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  shall  file  with  the  director  of  the  Connecticut  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station  two  certified  copies  of  the  statement 
named  in  section  one  of  this  act,  and  shall  deposit  with  said 
director  a  sealed  glass  jar  or  bottle  containing  not  less  than  one 
pound  of  the  fertilizer,  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  that  it  is  a 
fair  average  sample  thereof.* 

Sec.  3.  The  manufacturer,  importer,  agent,  or  seller  of  any 
commercial  fertilizer,  the  retail  price  of  which  is  ten  dollars  or 
more  than  ten  dollars  per  ton,  shall  pay  on  or  before  the  first  of 
May,  annually,  to  the  director  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station,  an  analysis  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  each  of  the 
fertilizing  ingredientsf  contained  or  claimed  to  exist  in  said  fertil- 
izer: provided,  that  whenever  the  manufacturer  or  importer 
shall  have  paid  the  fee  herein  required  for  any  persons  acting  as 
agents  or  sellers  for  such  manufacturer  or  importer,  such  agents 
or  sellers  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  the  fee  named  in  this 
section. 

Sec.  4.  Every  person  in  this  State  who  sells,  or  acts  as  local 
agent  for  the  sale  of  any  commercial  fertilizer  of  whatever  kind 
or  price,  shall  annually,  or  at  the  time  of  becoming  such  seller  or 
agent,  report  to  the  director  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  his  name,  residence,  and  post-office  address, 
and  the  name  and  brand  of  said  fertilizer,  with  the  name  and 
address  of  the  manufacturer,  importer,  or  party  from  whom  such 
fertilizer  was  obtained,  and  shall,  on  demand  of  the  director  of 
the  Connecticut  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  deliver  to  said 
director  a  sample  suitable  for  analysis  of  any  such  fertilizer  or 
manure  then  and  there  sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  said  seller  or 
agent.  \ 

*  The  analysis  of  samples  sent  in  accordance  with  section  two  is  discretionary 
with  the  Station.  Such  samples  are  intended  for  preservation  as  manufacturers' 
standards. 

f  The  Station  understands  "  the  fertilizing  ingredients"  to  be  those  whose 
determination  in  an  analysis  is  necessary  for  a  valuation,  viz:  Nitrogen,  Phos- 
phoric acid  and  Potash.  The  analysis-fees  in  case  of  any  fertilizer  will  therefore 
be  ten,  twenty  or  thirty  dollars,  according  as  one.  two  or  three  of  these  ingredients 
are  contained  or  claimed  to  exist  in  the  fertilizer.  On  receipt  of  statements,  samples 
and  analysis-fees,  the  Station  will  issue  Certificates  of  compliance  with  the  law. 

X  Blanks  for  Dealers'  Reports  will  be  mailed  to  applicants. 


Sec.  5.  No  person  or  party  shall  sell,  ofier,  or  expose  for  sale, 
in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  any  pulverized  leather,  raw,  steamed 
roasted,  or  in  any  form,  as  a  fertilizer  or  as  an  ingredient  of  any 
fertilizer  or  manure,  without  explicit  printed  certificate  of  the 
fact,  such  certificate  to  be  conspicuously  affixed  to  every  package 
of  such  fertilizer  or  manure,  and  to  accompany  and  go  with  every 
parcel  or  lot  of  the  same. 

Sec.  6.  Every  manufacturer  of  fish  guano,  or  fertilizer  of 
which  the  principal  ingredient  is  fish  or  fish-mass  from  which  the 
oil  has  been  extracted,  shall,  before  manufacturing  or  heating  the 
same,  and  within  thirty-six  hours  from  the  time  such  fish  or  mass 
has  been  delivered  to  him,  treat  the  same  with  sulphuric  acid  or 
other  chemical,  approved  by  the  director  of  said  experiment 
station,  in  such  quantity  as  to  arrest  decomposition:  provided^ 
however,  that  in  lieu  of  such  treatment  such  manufacturers  may 
provide  a  means  for  consuming  all  smoke  and  vapors  arising  from 
such  fertilizers  during  the  process  of  manufacture. 

Sec.  1.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  the  foregoing 
sections  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  first 
offense,  and  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  subsequent  violation. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  not  affect  parties  manufacturing,  import- 
ing, or  purchasing  fertilizers  for  their  own  private  use,  and  not  to 
sell  in  this  State. 

Sec.  9.  The  director  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station  shall  pay  the  analysis-fees  received  by  him  into  the 
treasury  of  the  station,  and  shall  cause  one  or  more  analysis  of 
each  fertilizer  to  be  made  and  published  annually.  Said  director 
is  hereby  authorized,  in  person  or  by  deputy,  to  take  samples  for 
analysis  from  any  lot  or  package  of  manure  or  fertilizer  which 
may  be  in  the  possession  of  any  dealer.         * 

Sec.  10.  The  director  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural  Station 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  as  bulletins  of  said  station  may  be 
issued,  mail  or  cause  to  be  mailed  two  copies,  at  least,  of  such 
bulletins  to  each  post-office  in  the  State.* 

Sec.  11.  Title  sixteen,  chapter  fifteen,  sections  fifteen  and  sixteen, 
and  title  twenty,  chapter  twelve,  section  five  of  the  general  stat- 
utes, and  chapter  one  hundred  and  twenty  of  the  public  acts  of  1881, 
being  an  act  concerning  commercial  fertilizers,  are  hereby  repealed. 
Sec.  12.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1882. 

*  The  Station  will  hereafter  mail  a  package  of  its  Bulletins  to  each  postmaster 
in  Connecticut,  and  will  send,  up  to  reasonable  limits,  as  many  copies  as  it  may- 
receive  notice  are  desired. 


OBSERVANCE    OF    THE    FERTILIZER   LAW. 

Manufacturers  who  up  to  April  20,  1883,  have  fully  or  in  part  complied  with 
Sections  2  and  3  of  the  Act  concerning  Commercial  Fertilizers,  which  went  into 
effect  September  1,  see  page  3  : 


Glidden  &  Curtis,  Boston,  Mass., 

G.  "W.  Dickinson,  Essex,  Ct., 

Geo.  W.  Miles  Co.,  Milford,  Ct., 


Quinnipiac  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  London,  Ct.,. 


L.  L.  Crocker,  Buffalo.  N.  Y., 

Bradley  Fertilizer  Co.,  27  Kilby  St.,  Boston, 
Mass., 

Russell  Coe,  Linden,  N.  J., 

Preston    Fertilizer   Co.,    Greenpoint   Station, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.. 

Clark's  Cove  Guano  Co..  New  Bedford,  Mass., 

Paul  Thomson,  Hartford,  Conn., 

F.  Ellsworth,  Hartford,  Cono., 

Rogers  &  Hubbard  Co.,  Middletown,  Conn.,.. 

"Williams,   Clark  &  Co.,   109  Pearl   St.,   New 
York, 

L.  B.  Darling  &  Co.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I., 

Geo.  L.  Harris  &  Son,  Eagleville,  Conn., 

The   Mapes   Formula    and    Peruvian    Guano 
Co..  158  Front  St.,  New  York, 


Soluble  Pacific  Guano. 

Ivory  and  Bone  Dust. 

I.  X.  L.  Ammoniated  Bone  Super- 
phosphate. "  C  "  Island  Dry  Fish 
Guano.     Fish  and  Potash. 

Quinnipiac  Phosphate.  Dry  Ground 
Fish.  Fish  and  Potash,  crossed 
Fishes  brand.  Fish  and  Potash, 
plain  brand. 

Ammoniated  Bone  Superphosphate. 
Potato,  Hop  and  Tobacco  Phos- 
phate. 

Bradley's  Superphosphate.  B.  D. 
Sea-Fowl  Guano.  Origiual  Coe's 
Superphosphate. 

Russell  Coe's  Ammoniated  Bone 
Superphosphate. 

Ammoniated  Bone  Superphosphate. 
Dried  and  Ground  Fish  Guano. 
Ground  Bone. 

Bay  State  Fertilizer. 

Mineral  Manure  for  Tobacco. 

Castor  Pomace. 

Pure  Raw  Knuckle  Bone  Meal. 
Pu re  Ra w  Knuckle  Bone, '  'Fine A ' : 

Fish  and  Potash.  Ammoniated 
Dissolved  Bone.  Americus  Am- 
moniated Bone  Superphosphate. 

Ground  Bone.     Animal  Fertilizer. 

Pure  Ground  Bone.  Pure  Bone 
Phosphate. 

The  Mapea  Potato  Manure.  The 
Mapes  Corn  Manure.  The  Mapes 
Complete  Manure  for  light  soils. 
The  M apes  Tobacco  Manure,  Con- 
necticut Brand.  The  Mapes  To- 
bacco Manure  for  use  with  stems. 
The  Mapes  Grass  and  Grain 
Spring  Top  Dressing.  The  Mapes 
Complete  Manure,  '•  A  "Brand. 
Plain  Superphosphate,  High 
Grade. 


Firm. 

Article. 

Bowker  Fertilizer  Co.,  43  Chatham  St.,  Boston, 

Stockbridge  Grain  Manure.    Stock- 

Mass., . 

bridge  Vegetable  Manure.   Stock- 
bridge    Forage     Crop     Manure. 

Bowker's  Hill   and   Drill   Phos- 

phate.   Bowker's  Brighton  Phos- 

phate.    Bowker's  Fish  and  Pot- 

ash.   Bowker's  Fine  Ground  Dry- 

Fish.      Bowker's   Fresh    Milled 

Kainit. 

F.  C.  Slade,  Oakville,  Conn., 

Ground  Bone. 

Kobt.  B.  Brown  Oil  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 

Castor  Pomace. 

National  Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn., 

Chittenden's  Complete  Fertilizer  for 

Roots,  Potatoes  and  Vegetables. 

Chittenden's    Complete    Manure 

for  Grain.     Chittenden's  Univer- 

sal Phosphate.   Chittenden's  Am- 

moniated  Bone  Superphosphate. 

Chittenden's  Fish   and    Potash. 

Chittenden's  Dry  Ground  Fish. 

E.  Frank  Coe,  16  Burling  Slip,  New  York,___ 

E.  Frank  Coe's  Ammoniated  Bone 

Superphosphate. 

Dole  Common  Sense  Fertilizer  Co.,  42  Con- 

Common   Sense   Fertilizer  No.    2. 

gress  St.,  Boston,  Mass., 

Common  Sense  Fertilizer  No.  3. 

Edmund  Smith,  South  Canterbury,  Conn., 

Ground  Bone. 

Peck  Brothers,  Northfield,  Conn., 

Peck  Brothers'  Ground  Bone. 

¥m.  P.  Lawrence,  Mill  Brook,  Conn., 

Ground  Bone. 

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FERTILIZER   ANALYSES. 

Superphosphates. 

845.  "  C  "  Island  Dry  Fish  Guano. 

846.  I.  X.  L.  Phosphate. 

847.  Fish  and  Potash  XX. 

Nos.  845,  846  and  847  were  made  and  sent  to  the  Station  by 
the  Geo.  W.  Miles  Co.,  Milford,  Ct. 

862.  Chittenden's  Complete  Fertilizer  for  Roots,  Potatoes 
and  Vegetables. 

864.  Chittenden's  Universal  Phosphate. 

866.  Chitteuden's  Ammoniated  Bone  Superphosphate. 

867.  Chittenden's  Complete  Manure  for  Grain. 

Nos.  862,  864,  866  and  867  were  made  by  the  National 
Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  and  were  sampled  by  the  Station. 

844.  G.  W.  Miller's  Raw  Bone  Phosphate,  made  and  sent  by 
G.  W.  Miller,  Micldlefield,  Ct. 

861.  Raw  Bone  Superphosphate,  made  by  G.  W.  Miller,  Mid- 
dlefield  ;  sent  by  Jas.  H.  Barker,  Branford,  Ct. 

869.  Baker's  A. A.  Ammoniated  Superphosphate.  Made  by 
H.  J.  Baker  &  Bro.,  New  York  City..  From  stock  of  John 
Alvord.     Sent  by  Franklin  Sherwood,  Greens  Farms. 

Fish  Manures. 
Analyses  on  page  13. 

865.  Chittenden's  Fine  Ground  Fish. 

863,  Chittenden's  Fish  and  Potash. 

Nos.  865  and  863  were  made  by  the  National  Fertilizer  Co., 
Bridgeport,  Ct.,  and  were  sampled  by  the  Station. 

Bone  Manures. 
Analyses  on  page  13. 

859.  Raw  Knuckle  Bone— "Meal." 

860.  Raw  Knuckle  Bone— "A"— Extra  fine. 

Nos.  859  and  860  were  made  and  sent  by  the  Rogers  &  Hub- 
bard Co.,  Middletown,  Ct. 

871.  Rotted  Bone,  made  and  sold  by  Jas.  H.  Baker,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y,  sent  by  S.  Hoyt's  Sons,  New  Canaan,  Ct. 


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Cotton  Seed  Meal. 

876.  Sampled  and  sent  by  William  Smith,  Plainville.     From 
stock  of  G.  C.  Richards  &  Co.,  Unionville. 

Mechanical  Analyses  of  Bone. 

859  860 

Fine,  smaller  than  fa  inch, 50.0  35.0 

Fine-medium,  smaller  than  2xs  inch, 43.0  33.0 

Medium,  smaller  than  ^  inch,... 7.0  24.0 

Coarse-medium,  smaller  than  £  inch, 8.0 

Coarse,  larger  than  £  inch, _ 

100.0  100.0 

Chemical  Analyses  of  Fish,  Bone  and  Cotton  Seed  Meal. 


865 

863 

859 

860 

871 

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Nitrogen, 

Phosphoric  acid, 

Potash, 

Chlorine, 

Cost  per  ton, 

Estimated  value  per  ton, 

8.35 
5.92 

$45.00 
$45.51 

2.92 
6.50 
4.67 

36.00 

25.20 

3.87 
23.36 

40.00 
39.04 

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23.61 

37.50 
37.65 

2.65 
1.59 

*16.00 
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6.95 
2.51 
1.91 

31.00 
29.65 

*  In  New  York. 


Ground  Gvpsum. 

849.  Nova  Scotia  Land  Plaster,  ground  by  G.  W.  Miller, 
Middlefield. 

858.  Nova  Scotia  Land  Plaster,  ground  by  V.  C.  &  C.  V. 
Rings,  New  York  City. 

850.  Onondaga  Land  Plaster,  ground  by  E.  B.  Alvord  &  Co., 
Jamesville,  N.  Y. 

The  above  were  sent  to  the  Station  by  Harvey  Elliot,  North 
Guilford.  849  and  858  were  sampled  at  the  mill  March  5th 
and  10th,  1883.     850  was  received  by  mail  from  Jamesville. 

Analyses. 

849 

Pure  Gypsum  (Hydrated  sulphate  of  lime),.. 93.84 

Matters  insoluble  in  acids, 1.88 

Carbonates  of  lime  and  undetermined  matters, 4.28 

100.00 
Cost  per  ton,.. $8.00* 

*  In  car  lots  at  New  Haven. 

f  In  car  lots  at  New  Haven.     In  bags,  $1.00  extra. 

%  In  barrels  at  New  York. 


858 

850 

94.56 

73.92 

2.67 

4.64 

2.77 

21.44 

00.00 

100.00 

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870.  Infusorial  Earth  ("Marl"),  sent  by  Ellis  Bagley,  Bran- 
ford. 

872.  Infusorial  Earth,  sent  by  Joseph  Sellers,  Portland. 

Analyses. 

8T0  8T2 

Sand  and  insoluble, 94.70  92.07 

Oxides  of  iron  and  alumina, 2.18 

Phosphoric  acid, ._    none 

Lime, none 

Loss  on  ignition  (moisture  and  organic  matter), 2.1>7  4.44 

Undetermined,   .  _ .55  3.49 

100.00  100.00 

These  gray  or  white  "Infusorial  Earths"  occur  below  Swamp 
Muck  (peat),  and  consist  chiefly  of  the  siliceous  skeletons  of 
microscopic  water-plants.  They  have  no  fertilizing  value.  When 
clean  and  free  from  sand  or  grit  they  make  an  excellent  polishing 
material.     "Electro  Silicon"  is  an  example. 

853.  Saltpeter  Refuse,  sold  by  S.  J.  Archer,  New  York  City ; 
sent  by  S.  S.  Green,  New  Milford,  Ct. 

Results  op  Analyses. 

Potash,  4.27 

Soda, 48.21 

Nitric  acid,* _ 4.44 

Chlorine, 54.41 

Insoluble  in  acid, _ .88 

Undetermined, ._, .05 

112.26 
Deduct  oxygen  equivalent  to  chlorine, 12.26 

100.00 

Cost  per  ton,  on  car  in  New  York, $10.00 

•     Estimated  value,  exclusive  of  salt, 8.23 

*  Equivalent  to  nitrogen,  1. 15. 

The  elements  of  the  Saltpeter  Refuse  probably  exist  in  the 
following  compounds : 

Saltpeter  (nitrate  of  potash), 8.31 

Muriate  of  potash, 0.61 

Common  salt, 90.20 

Insoluble  matter  (sand), 0.88 

100.00 


854."  Waste  Lime  from  the   Paper  Mills  of  F.    Whittlesey, 
Windsor  Locks,  Ct. ;  sent  by  R.  E.  Finney,  Suffield,  Ct. 

Analysis  op  Partly  Dried  Sample. 

Insoluble  in  acid, _     1.99  Insoluble  in  acid, 1.99 

Oxide  of  iron  and  alumina,.       .87  Oxide  of  iron  and  alumina,.       .87 

Lime,   .. ---  45.08)        (  Carbonate  of  lime, 13.52 

Carbonic  acid, 5.95  V  =  ■<  Slaked  lime, 49.57 

"Water, 45.25)        (Moisture,. 33.19 

Undetermined,. 86  Undetermined, 86 

100.00  100.00 


/  Swamp  Muck. 

842.  Peat.     No.  1. 

843.  Peat.     No.  2. 

These  two  samples  were  sent  by  G.  M.  Denison,  New  London,  Ct. 
857.  Muck,  sent  by  A.  P.  Hine,  Torrington,  Ct. 

Analyses. 

842  843  85T 

The  fresh  material  contains — 

Water, 85.46  74.47"  75.03 

Organic  aud  volatile  matters  * 13.88  10.21  17.31 

Ash, .66  15.32  7.66 

100.00  100.00  100.00 

*  With  Nitrogen, .23  .32  .46 

The  ash  contains — 

Silica  and  insoluble, .30  14.38  7.25 

Oxide  of  iron,  alumina  and  phosphoric  acid, .52  .14 

Lime,.. .12  .17  .16 

Undetermined, .24  .25  .11 

.66  15.32  7.66 

The  dry  mucks  contain — 

Organic  and  volatile  matters, 95.46  39.95  69.32 

Nitrogen,  _. ■_       1.58  1.24  1.84 

Silica  and  insoluble, 2.08  56.32  29.03 

Oxide  of  iron,  alumina,  etc., 2.04  .56 

Lime, .1 .82  .68  .64 

These  samples  are  of  medium  quality,  judged  by  their  content 
of  nitrogen  and  lime. 


16 


TRADE  VALUES  FOR  1883. 


For  1883  the  following  revised  Trade  Values  will  be  employed 
in  Massachusetts,  New  Jersey  and  Connecticut,  for  comparing 
Fertilizers.  The  values  are  deduced  from  the  ruling  market 
rates  of  the  six  months  ending  March  1,  1883,  and  are  mostly 
the  average  wholesale  prices  for  that  period,  plus  20  per  cent. 
They  signify  cash,  delivered  free  on  board  (f.  o.  b.)  at  point  of 
shipment.  Due  allowance  must  be  made  for  transportation  and 
long  credits,  as  well  as  for  the  fluctuations  of  the  market,  which 
cannot  be  foreseen.  The  values  used  during  1881  aud  1882  are 
given  for  comparison. 

1881.        1882.        1883. 

, Cents  per  lb. , 

Nitrogen  in  nitrates,... 26         26         20 

"       in  ammonia  salts, -. 22$       29         26 

"       in  Peruvian  Guano,  fine  steamed  bone,  dried  and  fiDe 
ground  blood,  meat  and  fish,  superphosphates 

and  special  manures, 20         24        23 

"       in  coarse  or  moist  blood,  meat  or  tankage,  in  cotton 

seed,  linseed  and  Castor  Pomace,  _ 16 

"       in  fine  ground  bone,  horn  and  wool  dust, 15 

"       in  fine  medium  bone, 14 

"        in  medium  bone, 13 

"       id  coarse  medium  bone, 12 

"       in  coarse  bone,  horn  shavings,  hair  and  fish  scrap, 11 

Phosphoric  acid  soluble  in  water,  12$ 

"  reverted"  and  in  Peruvian  G-uano, 9 

insoluble,  in  fine  bone,  fish  guano  and  super- 
phosphates,   6 

insoluble,  in  fine  medium  bone, 5$ 

"        in  medium  bone, 5 

"        in  coarse  medium  bone, . . 4$ 

"       in  coarse  bone,   bone  ash  and   bone 

black, 4 

insoluble,  in  fine  ground  rock  phosphate, 3| 

Potash  in  high  grade  sulphate, 7$ 

"      in  low  grade  sulphate  and  kainite, i  — 5$ 

"      iu  muriate  or  potassium  chloride, 4$ 


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